"Ladies Into Farmarettes/They were called ladies and wore long skirts or - for some activities - bloomers, but the female of the species kept the home fires burning in World War I. They marched in parades, boosted sales of Liberty Bonds, practiced Home Defense tactics, took up gardening in backyards and on golf courses. These farmerettes were students and faculty members of Western College at Oxford, Ohio."
"Painting of the first Thanksgiving by Sydney E. King, Virginia artist, depicts the scene in December of 1619, when a group of 39 colonists observed a day of Thanksgiving on the banks of the James River at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia."
"Road to Revolution/Russia entered World War I as it started 50 years ago with an army which was massive but badly armed. She suffered quick body blows from Germany and went on to one disaster after another. She lost 1.650,000 men killed, 3,850,000 wounded and 2,410,000 prisoners before the 1917 revolution which ousted the tsar and ended her part in the war. Here reservists, accompanied by relatives, are called up in St. Petersburg as the army was assembled. Date unknown."
"Slow Road to Victory/With the slow motion of World War I, a convoy of horse-drawn carts carries French artillery over a road near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, in August, 1917. The war had started three years earlier, with the German invasion of Belgium in violation of a treaty guaranteeing the country's neutrality. Britain, France and Russia came to their ally's support, and the four-year war was on."
"New box seats at Muny opera get a coat of paint as members of the dancing chorus look on during a break in rehearsals for the first production, which opens June 9. The girls are (left to right) Sandra Simpson, Kathleen Shipp, Charlene Mehl and Renita Cozean. The painters are members of Local 46 of the Painters Union. There are 914 new stadium type box seats, which replace the old temporary seats. larger and more comfortable, they are being painted light green to match a new coat of paint on the floor of the section."
"James Reilly, Municipal Opera sound technician, operates console that controls a newly installed system from a position three-quarters of the way back from the stage. At right, workmen are shown as they installed the new speakers. There are a total of eight new sets of speakers, 35 feet above the stage."
"Examining diseased elm tree west on Muny Opera stage are, left, William Zalken, Muny Opera manager, Louis W. Buckowitz, director of parks, recreation and forestry, and G.F. Griesenauer, city landscape architect."